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PENTADYNAMIS. 



Char. Gen. — Calyx 5-fitlus subaequalis. Vcxillum cx- 

 plaiiatuin, callo baseos lamina3 in ungucm clccurrenti. 

 Carina obtiisa, basin versus gibba, longitudinc alarum. 

 Stamina diadelpha ; antlieris 5 majoribus linearibus, reliquis 

 ovatis. Ovarium polyspermura. Slylus c basi arcuata por- 

 rcctus, postice barbatus. Legumen comprcssum. 



Herba (Suffriitex sec. D. Sturt), bipedalis sericco-incana ; 

 caulc anfjulato erecto. Folia ternata ; foliolis sessiiidus, 

 linearibus, obtusis. Tlores racemosi,Jlavi. 



9. Pentadynamis incana. 



Log. " On sand-hills with Crotalaria Sturtii." D. Start. 



Desc. Herba erecta, ramosa, sericeo-incana. Folia al- 

 terna, ternata ; petiolo elongato^ teretiusculo, foliolo ternii- 

 nali longiore vix unciali. Racemi niultiflori, erecti ; pedi- 

 celli subEcquantes calycem. Bracteolsc subnlatae, infra 

 apiceni pediceUi, basin calycis attingentes. Calyx o-fidiis ; 

 laciniis acutis tubum sequantibus. Corolla flava, calyce 

 plus duplo longior. Vcxillum explanatum, basi absque 

 auricuHs sed callo in ungucm decurrenti ibique barbato 

 auctum. Carina infra medium gibba pro reccptionc baseos [77 

 styli. Staminum anthersc majores liueares, basi vel juxta 

 basin affixae ; 5 minores ovatse, incumbentes. Ovarium 

 lineare, pubescens. Stigma terminale, obtusum. Legu- 

 men immaturum incanum^ stylo c basi arcuata porrecto 

 tcrminatum, calyce subemarcido subtensum. 



Obs. In the collection of the plants of his last expedition, 

 presented to the l^ritish JMuseum by Sir Thomas Mitchell, 

 there is a plant which seems to belong to the genus Penta- 

 dynamis, which is probably, therefore, one of the species 

 of Vigna, described by Mr. Ecntham. 



10. Cassia {Sturtii), tomentoso-incana, foliis 4-jugis 

 foliolis lanceolato-linearibus planis : glandula deprcssa inter 



